by MBC News | Aug 31, 2017 | Current News
Kihiw Waciston School on the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation. Photo by muskeglake.com. Details are coming out about a man connected to recent precautionary safety measures on Muskeg Lake Cree Nation. On Thursday, the band put a precautionary lockdown in place where visitors...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy of the Government of Saskatchewan Extreme wildfire hazards in Saskatchewan have prompted the Ministry of Environment to ban all open fires for all provincial Crown land and for provincial parks and recreation sites south of the Churchill River to the...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2017 | Current News
Andrew James Cyr. Photo courtesy of RCMP. Punnichy RCMP are asking for the public’s help in tracking down a man who has an outstanding warrant for his arrest. Twenty-four-year-old Andrew James Cyr is facing several charges, including assaulting a police officer,...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2017 | Current News
Walkers on Ahtahkakoop on Aug. 31. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. Ahtahkakoop’s 3rd Annual Walk a Mile in her Shoes event took on a lot more symbolism this year as the community hung red dresses along the finish line as men donning red heels completed their walk. In the...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2017 | Current News
Fire near Jan Lake. Photo courtesy of Vanessa Lynn Linklater McCallum. Despite a mandatory evacuation, over 1,000 people are staying behind in Pelican Narrows, willing to take their chances with heavy smoke and encroaching flames from three nearby forest fires....
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2017 | Current News
Kimberley Michelle Beatty. Photo courtesy of Facebook. A group of walkers that left Prince Albert last week arrived in La Ronge Wednesday afternoon. The walk was organized by Kimberley Michelle Beatty to raise awareness about things like depression and suicide...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2017 | Current News
Sandy Bay. Photo courtesy of Tourism Saskatchewan. There is a little bit of good news as firefighters battle three large wildfires in the Pelican Narrows region. There is a 60 per cent chance of showers today, cooler temperatures for tomorrow and a 60 per cent chance...
by MBC News | Aug 30, 2017 | Current News
Canadian Rangers logo UPDATE: Police say Charles Samuel Thomas has been found. An aerial search is underway in the La Ronge area for a missing man from Sturgeon Lake. Mounties say 47-year-old Charles Samuel Thomas was reported missing this morning. Thomas was last...
by MBC News | Aug 30, 2017 | Current News
The fire in view on Aug. 29. Photo courtesy Facebook, Vanessa Linklater-McCallum. *UPDATE – Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation Vice Chief Harold Linklater is strongly urging everyone to leave Pelican Narrows. In a notice posted on Facebook shortly before 5 p.m.,...
by MBC News | Aug 30, 2017 | Current News
“Excellent collaboration with the Besnard Correctional Center,” Vince Natomagan wrote to accompany this photo on his Twitter. Besnard Lake Correctional inmates are taking part in an addictions recovery camp by Pinehouse Lake. The Recovery Lake camp has done four...
